71.   Brazil eventually sent troops to Italy where they fought alongside the Allies.

72.   Bush says troops should be sent abroad for peacekeeping only if the military has a clear plan for the mission.

73.   Britain and France have already announced their willingness to send ground troops after a settlement.

74.   Britain, the former colonial power in Sierra Leone, similarly did not offer to send in troops as peacekeepers there.

75.   But America sends troops to Bosnia, Somalia, Haiti.

76.   But before any troops are sent, Clinton must make the case to Congress and the American people that this mission is necessary and prudent.

77.   But by his latest adventure -- sending troops to the Kuwaiti border -- Saddam Hussein has shown the West his own desperation and its opportunity.

78.   But critics worry that he may be sucked into the quagmire, perhaps even choosing to send troops.

79.   But by sending troops in on the ground, Israel was signaling a new approach.

80.   But he and his aides were still struggling to play down the damage from congressional opposition to sending troops to enforce a settlement.